Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 190
National Health Service, England
The National Health Service (Licence Exemptions, etc.) Amendment Regulations 2015
Made
10th February 2015
Laid before Parliament
12th February 2015
Coming into force
1st April 2015
The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 83(1) to (3), 150(1), 304(9) and (10) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012( 1 ).
In accordance with section 83(4) to (7) of that Act, the Secretary of State has given notice to Monitor, the National Health Service Commissioning Board, and the Care Quality Commission and its Healthwatch England committee and published that notice.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Licence Exemptions, etc.) Amendment Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st April 2015.
Amendment of the National Health Service (Licence Exemptions, etc.) Regulations 2013
2. —(1)The National Health Service (Licence Exemptions, etc.) Regulations 2013( 2 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation), in paragraph (2), for the definition of “applicable turnover” substitute —
“ “applicable turnover” means the amounts, calculated in conformity with accounting practices and principles that are generally accepted in England, which are derived by a person from the provision of health care services for the purposes of the NHS ( 3 ) , after deduction of any of the following—
trade discounts, value added tax and other taxes based on such amounts, and
turnover from providing medical services under Part 4 of the 2006 Act, dental services under Part 5 of that Act, NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS funded nursing care; ” .
(3) In regulation 6 (exemption from the requirement to hold a licence: NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS funded nursing care), omit paragraph (2).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Earl Howe
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health
10th February 2015
2012 c. 7 . See section 150(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 for the meaning of “prescribed”.
See section 64(3), (4) and (5) of the 2012 Act for the meaning of “health care”, “the NHS” and the provision of health care services for the purposes of the NHS.